Insurance Expert Witnesses in California

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Insurance expert witnesses specialize in a variety of fields, including property insurance, life insurance, health insurance, auto insurance, and business liability insurance. Some of the most common specialties among these experts also include workers' compensation insurance, marine insurance, reinsurance, underwriting, and claims handling. They have provided opinions on the effects of policy interpretation, claim disputes, bad faith claims, risk management, and premium calculation.

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Title Insurance and Real Estate Expert WitnessView profile

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Title Insurance and Real Estate Expert Witness

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This title insurance expert spent nearly a decade as a title searcher, title examiner, and title officer before pursuing a 20 year career as an underwriting counsel. He has a keen understanding of how title insurers evaluate risk and interpret their policies. He has represented numerous clients in title insurance claims. A former vice chair of the Title Insurance and Surveys Committee of the...

Risk Management & Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Risk Management & Insurance Expert Witness

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This expert has 39 years experience in the insurance and risk management industry. He consults for businesses and attorneys, and serves as an insurance expert witness or risk management expert witness when needed. In risk management, he has extensive claims consulting, auditing, and loss control experience. He has a focus in Casualty Insurance Lines Including General Liability insurance and...

Insurance &  Bad Faith Expert WitnessView profile

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Insurance & Bad Faith Expert Witness

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This insurance expert has been working in the industry since 1974. He earned his BS from California State University, Fresno and is a licensed chartered property casualty underwriter and a casualty claim law associate. He previously held positions at Devonshire Group, West Coast Casualty Service, American States Insurance Company, and AIM Insurance Company, among others. He has served as an...

Marine Insurance & Claims Expert WitnessView profile

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Marine Insurance & Claims Expert Witness

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This highly experienced marine insurance and claims consultant began his career as a Merchant Navy Deck Officer. He went on to become a Claims Executive and eventually earned his M.A. in Maritime Policy from Greenwich University. The expert spent 12 years with CP SHIPS, where he was the Vice President of Insurance & Claims and reported to the CFO of the 80-ship company. He was a delegate to the...

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Property & Casualty Insurance Claims Expert WitnessView profile

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Property & Casualty Insurance Claims Expert Witness

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This expert has over 50 years of experience in the field of insurance claims. He has experience working in in claim handling custom and practice, claim adjusting, coverage interpretation, and SIU practices. He is certified as a Casualty Claims Law Associate, Legal Principals Coverage Specialist, and a Registered Professional Adjuster, among others. He is active as a member of the Claims and...

Healthcare and Health Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Healthcare and Health Insurance Expert Witness

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This expert has over 30 years of experience with healthcare and health insurance. She gained her PhD in sociology and health policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz and directed research at the Institute of Health and Aging at UC San Francisco before leading the White House's Health Care Reform Task Force. Since, she has continued to contribute to the private and public sectors,...

Risk Management and Insurance Litigation Consulting Expert WitnessView profile

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Risk Management and Insurance Litigation Consulting Expert Witness

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This expert has over 40 years of experience in the field of insurance. He earned his BA at the University of Iowa, and his MSA at Pepperdine University. He is certified as an Associate in Risk Management and as a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter. He is active in his field as a member of several professional societies, including the American Association of Insurance Management, and has...

Life Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Life Insurance Expert Witness

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This expert has over 25 years of experience in the life insurance industry in southern California and is familiar with post-claims underwriting issues. He earned his BA in psychology from California State University Northridge. He is a certified insurance counselor and fund specialist, and is an associate in both insurance services and personal insurance. He specializes in life, home, and...

Energy, Climate, and Environmental Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Energy, Climate, and Environmental Insurance Expert Witness

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This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in energy, climate, and environmental insurance. He earned his MBA from the University of Southern California and his LLM from the University of Cambridge. This expert is licensed in Surplus Lines insurance and is a fellow of the Risk Management Society. He has formerly served as an insurance broker for Lloyd's and in several management...

Actuary and Pension Plans Expert WitnessView profile

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Actuary and Pension Plans Expert Witness

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This experienced actuary has over 40 years of experience in his field. His work throughout his career has involved actuarial services, pension plans, ERISA, government audits, marital dissolution, estate tax and life expectancy calculations, loss of income, death, disability, executive deferred compensation plans, and insurance and annuity contracts. He earned a BA in mathematics from Rutgers...

The Average Insurance Expert Witness
Charges $417 / Hour

Based on hourly rates. Compare expert witness rates across thousands of specialties in all 50 states.

  • Review Fee

    $375

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Deposition Fee

    $425

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Court Fee

    $450

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

Insurance Expert Witness FAQs

An insurance expert witness provides specialized knowledge about insurance policies, claims, and industry standards. They can help clarify complex issues, provide testimony, and assist in case preparation.

Cases involving disputes over coverage, claim denials, bad faith claims, underwriting issues, or allegations of insurance fraud often benefit from the insights of an insurance expert witness.

Yes, there are expert witnesses who specialize in various types of insurance such as health, life, auto, property, liability, and more. Their expertise can be invaluable in relevant cases.

An expert can review policy details and claim handling procedures to determine if the insurer acted reasonably. They can also testify on standard industry practices.

Look for individuals with extensive experience in the insurance industry. Certifications like Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) or Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) can also be beneficial.

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